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Volunteer sign-up for SAWS events

📢 WE WELCOME YOU TO VOLUNTEER AT OUR  SAWS EVENTS 📢

This page is for volunteers assisting with specific SAWS events.
If you are new to volunteering, please complete the general Volunteer Application first.

We need volunteers for our events throughout the year, for example at our Pet Registrations, Pet food drives, Car washes. We also attend the bigger events on base, like for example the Autumn Fest and the Christmas Market.
👇🏼 For more info on the TNR volunteer positions, please go to the bottom of this page 👇🏼

Here is where you sign up!
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WHY volunteer?
We believe this is a cause, most people understand the importance of and we always enjoy to see new faces at our volunteer team. Here you help us help the rescues, you make new friends and can share a passion for helping animals.

You will of course get volunteer hours – AND you will be part of a pawsome community 🐾

If you do not already know us
We are SAWS – Sigonella Animal Welfare Society. We are an entirely volunteer-run organization that rely on community support.

We help and aid the animals around Naval Air Station Sigonella, animals that are on the street, dumped or thrown away like trash or born without a loving home.

Thank you from the 
SAWS-team
If you have questions, please contact us. 

TNR Program – Volunteer Positions

Certified Trapper

    • Volunteers must complete the required 8-hour online TNR trapping class offered through Neighborhood Cats and receive a certified copy of their passing the course.
    • Volunteers will also attend an on-hands refresher class prior to the trapping event.
    • Volunteers will be provided protective gear prior to trapping to include at a minimum. arm gloves and protective eye wear. Volunteers will be required to wear long sleeved shirts, long pants and closed toed shoes for trapping.
    • Certified trappers will be assigned a specific trapping location and will work under the guidance of a team lead at each site.
      Only certified trappers will release the cats in their respective locations.

Transport volunteers

    • Transport volunteers will attend a pre-event meeting whereas they will be provided a safety briefing on transporting the cats. Not only will the safe handling of the cats be discussed but also the addresses/locations of each of the network vets that will be sterilizing the cats.
    • Approximately 2-3 transport volunteers will be assigned to each of the two designated trapping locations. Each volunteer will transport approximately 4-6 cats in holding cages (depending on the size of one’s car) The cats will have been transferred into the holding cage and covered by the certified trapper and placed into the transport volunteer’s auto.
    • All transport volunteers will be provided safety gloves and eyewear. All transport volunteers are required to wear long sleeved and long pant clothing with closed toed shoes.

Holding/Recovery volunteers

    • Holding/Recovery Volunteers will be required to attend an informational and safety meeting prior to the trapping event.
    • Volunteers will prepare the recovery location to receive the cats. Volunteers must wear long sleeves, long pants, and closed toed shoes. Protective gear will be required to be worn at all times to include safety glasses and long-sleeved gloves (will be provided).
    • Preparation of the recovery location will include the setting up of tables, covering such tables with plastic.
    • Cats will be brought to the holding/recovery location on the evening they are trapped and are held overnight so they do not eat prior to surgery. They are monitored at all times.
    • Volunteers will monitor the recovery time period in 12-hour shifts during the entire recovery time periods.
    • The holding/recovery volunteers will clean area.

Cat Caregiver

    • Food will be provided through fund raising and/or request out to Sig Community.
    • Cats will be feed and water provided once daily but no later than every other day at the discretion of the caregiver.
    • The caregiver will monitor the feeding station area to ensure it is kept orderly and clean.
    • Caregiver will alert the TNR team if any cat is observed in need of medical attention.
    • Once assigned it will be the responsibility of the Cat Caregiver to find a substitute in the event the primary caregiver is out of the area.

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